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A long-time offender in the Okanagan was sentenced Friday for breaking into a Kelowna townhouse complex in June 2022 and stealing wedding rings, frozen meat and a car.

A woman from Williams Lake, B.C., was acquitted of drug-trafficking charges after a judge ordered the evidence to be excluded from her trial, citing several breaches of her Charter rights related to a search of her vehicle and failure to get her timely access to a lawyer.

Angels in America: Milennium Approaches at the Oxford Playhouse is a big show; a play with a three-hour runtime can really be nothing else.

A public urination investigation outside of a rock concert resulted in the violent, caught-on-camera arrest of a B.C. man who is now suing the police, according to his lawyer.

A man who alleges police used excessive force during an incident outside an Abbotsford rock concert has filed a lawsuit seeking damages.

"A witty, lively send-up of married life and human relationships with a dash of eccentric paranormal activity." Susie Barrows reviews A² Productions' latest play, Noel Coward's 'Blithe Spirit', showing at the Keble O'Reilly Theatre from 9th-12th November 2022.

A Kamloops couple that was supposed to receive a puppy in exchange for the stud services of their male golden retriever has been granted $4,300 in compensation by a B.C. Supreme Court justice. . . .

The Atkinsons chose a puppy named Hunter from the litter of six, but upon explaining they intended to give the dog to a family friend, the defendants backed out of the deal and offered $1,000 as compensation, claiming they were entitled to choose who would home the puppies. The defendants were unwilling to agree to give up the pick of the litter to the Atkinsons because they had already sold all the dogs, according to a notice of civil claim. The plaintiffs said they found online posts indic...

Justice Len Marchand handed down the sentence, following a guilty verdict last summer in B.C. Supreme Court. In a written decision posted online, Marchand said the circumstances of the abuse called on him to “denounce and deter the sexual victimization of an extremely vulnerable Indigenous girl” while also attempting not to “exacerbate the grotesquely disproportionate rate of incarceration of Indigenous people.” “There is no easy solution,” Marchand wrote. According to the decis...

Justice Ray Phillips accepted a joint submission on sentencing from defence lawyer Daniel McNamee and prosecutor Frank Caputo that will see Tucker pay a $2,000 fine and serve an 18-month probation term prohibiting him from driving except for work and running certain family errands. Tucker is employed by a local landscaping company, which involves him having to drive around town for work. Lucy Phua was an academic advisor at Thompson Rivers University. She died after being hit by a pickup tr...